beard

beard
n
1.Inf. beaver, full beard, Med. barba; whiskers, mutton chops, burnsides, sideburns; goatee, Vandyke, imperial; stubble, bristles, five-o'clock shadow.
2. barb, point, spine, spur, jag, nib, prong, tine, cusp.
3. defy, brave, oppose, face, look in the face, confront, affront, stare down, stand up against, dare, double-dare.
v
4. take the bull by the horns, bell the cat, pluck by the beard, slap [s.o.'s] face; tempt Providence, go in harm's way, skate on thin ice, dance on a razor's edge, march up to the cannon's mouth, beard the lion in his den.

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